Awesome Commuter Urban Cruiser Build using a GT Avalanche 2.0 and new Shimano Cues ASMR

[@SpyGeorgilis]

I'm here mainly for the tire-fitting tutorials. I still can't do them as fast as you but I'll figure them out eventually...

[@DePuesshop]

Practice makes perfect!

[@Tim1768-r5r]

You have to aim perfectly before throwing 😂👍

[@holdengillis3193]

Love love this bike. I’m a big old school GT fan and the carbon fork really makes this bike. Love to see old MTBs get a “modern restoration”. Keep up the great work!😊

[@franciscoportelapineiro8617]

Very beautiful build. Balanced and elegant with this gt frame. Congratulations

[@Tim1768-r5r]

Perfect Build! 💙 Even the fork fits in my opinion. 👍

[@MrPhotodoc]

A new DePue? I click!

[@MrPhotodoc]

Although a voice over or on screen graphics would help in parts identification.

[@DePuesshop]

The next one will have lots of dialog. The parts list is in the video description, too.

[@Deven210]

Man I'm so glad you released another video! I've been checking your channel every week since the last one! lol You're awesome!

[@Mark-d6c4q]

Recently found your channel and been binging your vids...love them all. This build is great, came out awesome! Love that you experiment with "off brands" (as do I) and your build lists are super helpful. Great stuff!

[@TheAjpathecreature]

so clean! also nice renos in the shop!

[@ZombieArgath]

Love the build

[@ondrejmanych5688]

You are always spot on man.

[@RadDadBMX]

Dude keep it up! Another great build.

[@ethanbolze7164]

Great build!

[@claudiofiero8523]

Glad it already fell, now you have the excuse to not treat her with silk gloves anymore ;) Jokes aside, the frame looked awesome, with all these new components I would have mistaken that for a brand new one

[@seant6102]

Great video great build

[@markreed2614]

Great video!

[@aland2253]

Another great job.

[@johnnydoe66]

Nice build. I put a suspension corrected rigid steel fork on a 26er build myself and after several months I really don't notice the axle to crown length.

[@staticdisaster]

Was going to say it needs a kickstand ...😂

[@Londinius]

Great build! I wasn't a fan of 2000s MTB frames because of the look, but some of these GT frames from that time are not bad at all. Maybe an alternative for new resto mods, because good, affordable vintage bikes from the 90s are slowly becoming scarce in my area (Germany).

[@ggarron]

Nice video. Thanks

[@hamadysack3157]

Tasteful build! What was the final tally?

[@DaemonLlama76]

Great video. I am currently retro-fitting my Avalanche 3.0 with 2x11 Cues. The old 3x9 was in a terrible state. I picked up a few tips from you. Thank you. What was the spray you put into the hand grips?

[@DePuesshop]

Cheap hair spray! 😝 Thanks for watching!

[@maxjosephson8352]

sweet build, what size frame is it ??

[@DePuesshop]

It's a large. It measures at 20"

[@PRH123]

Very nice. Like those bars. I’ve gone alt bars also on my 26 inch former MTB converted to commuter road bike. Those are 700c road carbon forks right? What’s the brand? I searched high and low a couple years back for carbon forks with a disk brake mount, no joy, all I could find was 700c road bike forks with no disc caliper mounts, and no fender or rack eyelets.

[@DePuesshop]

They are 29" mountain bike forks. I have a link to them in the video description. Also, look on Alibaba Express for fork options.

[@PRH123]

@ cool, thanks! I used rigid steel 26” forks in the end, and because it lowers the head tube and so reduces the angle, it makes the steering super fast, good for the city, but overall too twitchy. The longer 29er forks could alleviate that.

[@StanEby1]

Inspired!

[@peterch4978]

You could convert 28" hybrid to affordable gravel bike (handlebars + shifters)

[@JohnPilling25]

Unfortunately there is nothing "affordable" about installing drop bars and drop bar shifters especially if you want hydraulic disc brakes.

[@peterch4978]

@@JohnPilling25 I would use some old, 8speed, v-brake or mechanical disc hybrid + add drop bar + claris shifters or some used road shifters (1x8 or 2x8, keep original crank 28/38/48), since 8speed parts are much cheaper

[@JohnPilling25]

@@peterch4978 I am at the point of building a new bike from scratch. I have the frame, a Pipedream ALICE, and wheels , DTSwiss thru axle gravel 700c. I want drop bar hydraulic disc brakes but the cost is prohibitive so I'm going flat bar and using Shimano mtb brakes and microShift AdventX 1x10 mtb shifters. 30T to 11-48T is my choice of gearing. The bike can take either flat mount or post mount calipers. The only cable operated brakes that I would consider are Growtacs equal pull from Vélo Orange but they are $350 a pair and only one pad moves. They do support the basic Shimano pads so getting ceramic pads is easy - I have the ceramic pads on 2 other bikes and they are awesome in the mountains dry or wet. BTW the frame cannot accommodate a front derailleur because of a cut out for the internal route of a dropper post cable, much to my annoyance. I was going to go 2x at the front with 32/24. There are some steep hills where I live in Europe.

[@DePuesshop]

I've been keeping an eye out for a good hybrid candidate!

[@DanielVargasPhoenix]

is that a 29er fork?

[@DePuesshop]

Yes, it is. I ordered it based on the crown to axle dimensions of the suspension fork it originally has.

[@Karbon1110]

​@@DePuesshopwhere did you order it from or what brand is the fork?

[@DePuesshop]

@Karbon1110 there's an Amazon link to it in the video description. I actually found mine for cheaper than Amazon at Alibaba Express, but you have to wait weeks to get it.

[@haraldfichtner5950]

Seeing this Bike falling over hurts!😅

[@DePuesshop]

You're not kidding!!! I had it sitting there just right and a little puff of air came up and knocked her over!!